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"It’s a groin strain of sorts. The severity of the injury we are not quite sure of yet, so we are not ruling him out for the season by any means.

"Obviously, it’s frustrating – more so for Troy than anyone else. It’s a real shame for him because he’s worked so hard to get back fit and playing, but you are always playing catch up off the back of such a long injury and you miss pre-season and have to do a mini-pre-season during the season. It’s so difficult to maintain that level.

"He did fantastically well when he came back from injury, but he was probably on the edge in terms of the limits of his body and the injury he picked up on Friday shows that."

Brown has made seven appearances since his return in March and he will join striker Jon Forte on the sidelines. The former Notts County man is suffering from a knee issue which looks like it has finally ended his campaign.

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"Sometimes, his knee reacts differently to other times, so he did a little bit of training," Taylor explained. "I think it was the Tuesday leading up to the Friday (game) and his knee reacted poorly off the back of that.

"He’s done bit-parts since then, but he’s not been quite right in terms of getting him on the bench, getting him on the pitch and it’s hard to put a player on that pitch when you haven’t seen them in training.

"It’s a shame for Jonno because he wants to be out there training, but an injury is an injury and as much as we are trying to force him and push him because it is such a critical stage, we have to be mindful of his body as well."

How the League Two table looks ahead of the final two games of the season

The Grecians entertain Oldham this weekend knowing that they must win to keep alive their hopes of a top seven finish.

City currently occupy the last of the play-off places and have a two-point advantage over Colchester, Carlisle, Stevenage and Newport County, who have a game in hand.

That game in hand is against Oldham, who are immediately below Newport in the table and only four points adrift of Exeter, which renders Saturday's match as huge for both teams in their quest for a play-off place.